In an apology he tweeted on Wednesday, he wrote, "Sincere apologies to @Racheldoesstuff for my Tony tweet. I failed to research her before pressing ‘send’, and what I thought was a funny comment in our living room must have been far from funny to read, backstage, mid show. As a performer and a parent, I should have know better."

The apology comes after Rachel addressed the moment in a new interview with GQ. She told the publication, "Basically… I saw that tweet. And I was kind of devastated. I was actually going to tweet, 'This makes me sad.' But then I was like, 'Ehhhhhhhhhh… I don’t want to give him that, necessarily.'"

She also added an apology suggestion for NPH: "Look, he didn’t say that I was terrible. It was just kind of a random thing. But I think, if he wants to be gracious: He has 27 million Twitter followers. He could check out an episode of the musical TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend—which is, right now, the only musical show on television. And tell his 27 million Twitter followers to check it out. I wouldn’t hate that!"

While watching the show from the comfort of his own home, Neil kept followers updated by tweeting his thoughts and reactions to the show. However, he might have gotten himself into some hot water when he posted a particular criticism of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom, who was working backstage at the show. "Who is the woman in the top hat backstage at @TheTonyAwards?" he began. "Gideon remarked that she says ‘like’ and ‘oh my god’ a lot. I’m confused…" The awkward moment came, however, when it became apparent that he forgot that he knows her in real life.

Rachel responded by saying: "I’m a big fan of yours. We’ve met numerous times and my husband, Dan Gregor, wrote for How I Met Your Mother for 5 years. Notably, he wrote the episode where your character finally meets his father." Neil answered her, saying: "Indeed! Well said. Thanks for the reminder. How was backstage?"

Fans immediately started replying to the exchange, pointing out just how awkward it was, and offering words of support for Rachel.

Things seemed to return to normal after the exchange. Neil concluded the evening by posting how sad he was to not be part of the awards show, and that he thought everyone did a great job. "Congrats to the entire @TheTonyAwards production team. It’s a beast, and you tamed is incredibly well. So many performances, so many awards. Not an easy task. Well played," he wrote late Sunday evening.

Though it doesn't appear that there was anymore conversation between the two, it does serve for a really great lesson: what goes on the Internet is, obviously, public. It's not a wise idea to share anything that you wouldn't want, well, everyone to read.